Arizona weekly citizen., 1887-09-24
MEXICAN AFFAIRS.
The Postal Treaty Not n Success.


 The postal convention between the United States and Mexico, which lately went into effect, and which in Mexico was thought to offsr great facilities for sending to or receiving mail from inc United States not exceeding seyeuty ounces Bt small cost and with little ,n- convenience, has So far not proved an unqualified success, at least ss far as Fl Psso IS concerned. The transactions either way amount to only a small trac- tion of what 1t was expected it vould be. Perhaps the two communities. aoeus- toned, as they have been to an almost inpeuetrable Chinese wall standing m tue way Of Tree commercial intercourse. have not yet become accustomed to this new. but not uuquestionsbly great, facil- fly. As soon as Mexican merchants and prlvate citizens understand the adysn- tage ot being able to oorder by mail from catalogues and price lists, the innumer- able articles Of necessity and luxury, which are to be had better and cheaper ID St Louis aud elsewhere, they will doubtless be making extensive purchAses 6 there, and m other large American cities There are as Ses Do permanent regula- tons published governing this traffic in Me.ico. IL IS generally hoped by mer- chants on both sides of the line that the rules for thus paying duties on ar tlcles imported by mail, should be of the simplest possible character, so as to ia. cllltRte the transaction of that kind of business. The method already adopted n the United States can hardly be i'm proved upon. All parcels are to be open. opened in the Custom House, through which they enter the country, when a blank IS filed ou:. classiis ing the amount of duty to Do paid. This document is sent with jbeiparcei to ihe Post Office ol l tas cOnsigEce. wnc takes out money or5er in she Post Office payable to the | Collector of the respective Custom | House, and with that pays of the duties assessed aud receives his package. This simple method 2 yes the required pro- tec'iOn ta the Treasury Department and reduces the minimum to the worl | clearing. IL IS impossible for the Mex ican government Co improve on thls sys lem, although their postal servIce. is oi course DO. equal to thB; of the United States. IL must be confessed that tho ! tOrmGlisIes of clearing goods imported ! through Mexican Custom Houses. srs entirely too cumbersome and vexstiOui and not at all adapted to the m pOrtstIoI of articles of small value. Tue domins tirg idea in the negotiation of the pos tal convention was evidently the eEcOur 8gemeut Cf G retsil trade between th' two contracting countries. It IS to b' presumed that the Mexican authorities as those of the United States have 8l ready done, will establish some rules fo the clearing oi the goods through th Post Offices as Eill cause the least pos sible trouble to the c0BsigBee. As sOoi ga this is done the books of the Post Oi fee at Fl Paso, like sn infal!able bar omater, will show an immediate rise ana ID crease in the transaction of Iater national business. IL Is of course, un ders;ood that Secretary Dublan has pro mulgsted new regulations on tbIs sub jeoi, and inst they were approved b President DiRz on August IT and ar l nov in force. but the complaints anu s,rictures above expressed apply m th same manner to these new regulation. There ia too much red-tape about then and Americans will not use them.- Globe Democrat.